New Britain

New Britain, city, coextensive with the town (township) of New Britain, Hartford county, central Connecticut, U.S. Settled as the Stanley Quarter to the north in 1686 and followed later by the Great Swamp settlement to the south, the area became the New Britain parish of Farmington in 1754. In 1785 Berlin town, including New Britain parish, was separately incorporated from Farmington. Metalworking began in New Britain in the 18th century, and Berlin, now a suburb, was where the first tinware in North America was made. In 1850 New Britain was incorporated as a town and borough; by that time it was a ... (100 of 178 words)